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poniard
1. His madly slashing saber sheared through it again and again, his ripping poniard tore and rent it; he was deluged with a slimy liquid that must have been its sluggish blood
2. Conan went with it, bruised, battered, invincible, hanging on like a bulldog to the hilt of his saber which he could not withdraw, tearing and ripping at the shuddering bulk with the poniard in his left hand, goring it to ribbons
3. Saying nothing to Conan, she rose and crossed the chamber softly, grasping his poniard
4. She leaned across the supine form and grasped the vessel, her poniard poised over the girl's bosom
5. But she could not bring herself to plunge the Cimmerian poniard into that still bosom, and at last she drew back the hanging and returned to Conan, who lay where she had left him, seemingly only partly conscious
6. Broadsword and poniard hung from this belt
7. Gathering the sticks in a compact bundle, he wedged his poniard hilt between them at one end
8. He struck downward with all the strength of both arms, driving the long poniard blade to the hilt in flesh, sinew and bone
9. His poniard was lying back in the forest, where the dragon had torn it from his jaw
10. It was no slender stiletto, selected because of a jeweled hilt or gold guard, fitted only for dainty murder in milady's boudoir; it was a forthright poniard, a warrior's weapon, broad-bladed, fifteen inches in length, tapering to a diamond-sharp point
11. She did not flinch at sight of the reddened poniard or the contact of his hard muscles about her supple body
12. Tarascus wheeled, but even before he could recognize his attacker, Conan's poniard ripped into him
13. Glaring down at his lifeless enemy, dripping poniard in hand, sweat glistening on his broad breast, Conan poised like a statue, listening intently
14. 'The light is sufficient,' grunted Conan, seating himself with scant ceremony, and drawing his poniard
15. Conan entered stealthily, poniard in hand, wondering how he was to find the chamber of the Zingaran
16. He said in reply that they spoke the truth in every respect except as to the dagger, for it was not a dagger, nor little, but a burnished poniard sharper than an awl
17. "That poniard must have been made by Ramon de Hoces the Sevillian," said Sancho
18. "I do not know," said Don Quixote; "it could not have been by that poniard maker, however, because Ramon de Hoces was a man of yesterday, and the affair of Roncesvalles, where this mishap occurred, was long ago; but the question is of no great importance, nor does it affect or make any alteration in the truth or substance of the story
19. With thy poniard or thy dagger
20. His vigorous form was tightly clad in a brown-coloured doublet; a small chiselled poniard hung against his left thigh, and he cast round laughing looks showing his white teeth
21. He wore a vest of garnet-colored velvet, with buttons of cut gold; a silk waistcoat covered with embroidery; a Roman scarf tied round his neck; a cartridge-box worked with gold, and red and green silk; sky-blue velvet breeches, fastened above the knee with diamond buckles; garters of deerskin, worked with a thousand arabesques, and a hat whereon hung ribbons of all colors; two watches hung from his girdle, and a splendid poniard was in his belt
22. When he was quite a child, and only a shepherd, I gave him a few gold pieces for showing me my way, and he, in order to repay me, gave me a poniard, the hilt of which he had carved with his own hand, and which you may have seen in my collection of arms
23. '—'You are mistaken, monsieur,' I replied; 'he has perished by the poniard
24. 'If he send me his poniard, it will signify that the emperor's intentions are not favorable, and I am to set fire to the powder; if, on the contrary, he send me his ring, it will be a sign that the emperor pardons him, and I am to extinguish the match and leave the magazine untouched
25. '—'My friend,' said my mother, 'when your master's orders arrive, if it is the poniard which he sends, instead of despatching us by that horrible death which we both so much dread, you will mercifully kill us with this same poniard, will you not?'—'Yes, Vasiliki,' replied Selim tranquilly
26. Aerion finally let go the handle of his useless morningstar and clawed for the poniard at his hip
27. without his poniard
28. Retreating not the thousandth part of an inch; stabbing him in the eye with the unflinching poniard of his glance, Steelkilt, clenching his right hand behind him and creepingly drawing it back, told his persecutor that if the hammer but grazed his cheek he (Steelkilt) would murder him
